pernicious
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Skeptics find such programs less pernicious than pointless; a New York Times reporter dubbed them a “kumbaya industrial complex.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He said Arday had faced "an unacceptable public hounding and campaign of abuse", adding that he was a victim of "a pernicious public shaming that other people in his position simply wouldn't have faced".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Plenty of members of bookish communities attribute it to plain old greed, but there’s also something more: influencer brain, a pernicious strain of main-character complex.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
In 2026, it is 100 years since George Minot and William Murphy reported that a liver-rich diet could treat pernicious anemia, then a frequently fatal disease.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Maybe the gods will help us, thinking we are suitably respectful of pernicious fate.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing pernicious
Romeo and Juliet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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